Samsung to buy MediaTek chips

According to the Chinese-language Commercial Times, MediaTek is expected to enter the supply chain of Samsung Electronics with its quad- and 8-core mobile processors in the second half of 2014.

While MediaTek’s chips do rock four or eight cores, it’s important to note these are usually slower Cortex-A7 cores that may be power-efficient but can’t deliver the performance of faster Cortex-A9 and Cortex-A15 cores.

Among the companies relying on MediaTek chips are the rising star Xiaomi, Coolpad and many other, less-known vendors.